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Subject Area: Political Theory
Subject Area: History
Topic: The English Revolution

The Commissioners of the Army of Scotland to General Monck - Sir William Clarke, The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, vol. 4 [1901]

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The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, Secretary to the Council of the Army, 1647-1649, and to General Monck and the Commanders of the Army in Scotland, 1651-1660, ed. C.H. Firth (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901). 4 vols.

Part of: The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, 4 vols.

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The Commissioners of the Army of Scotland to General Monck

My Lord,

lii. f. 16.Wee have spent the most parte of this day with my Lord Lambert att Yorke, who uppon our accesse to him was pleased to tell us that hee had power from the Lord Fleetwood and the officers att London and Committee of Safety to treate and agree with us. Butt wee insisting earnestly on restoring the Parliament, hee was pleased to tell us in the end that hee was restricted onely in that particular, and that there was a mutuall engagement betwixt the officers att London, and those that came downe with him, that nothing should bee done therin without their joynt consent:1 and his Lordshippe, setting forward for Newcastle tomorrow, has promised to returne to my Lord Fleetwood an accompt of the sense of the officers heere in the North in that particular with all possible speede. My Lord, wee shall bee very loth to goe besides our Instructions in that Article. My Lord Lambert has confirm’d all the Articles assented to by Col. Lilburne, of which wee gave your Lordshippe an accompt from Durham. Wee desire your Lordshippe to direct all your letters to us att Mr. William Carye’s, Goldsmith in Fleetstreete, superscribing your owne name on the backside of the letter; for wee have assurance that such lettres onely shall nott bee open’d as are directed from your Lordshippe to us, or from us to your Lordshippe. My Lord Lambert expressed himself very free in his desires to give your Lordshippe a meeting att Berwick, and was troubled that some had done ill offices betwixt your Lordshippe and him, which hee was well assured were noe freinds to either of you. My Lord Fleetwood likewise was hardly perswaded to stay att London, but would gladly have comed downe and given you a meeting in order to a freindly composure, of which wee despaire nott. Your Lordshippe shall have a further accompt of our progresse in this businesse by every opportunity, and wee shall bee very faithfull and industrious in the management of the trust reposed in us. Wee remayne

Your Lordshippe’s humble servants,

R. Knight, Jo. Clobery, Timo: Wilkes.

Tadcaster,
8 Nov., 1659.

[1 ]Compare Whitelocke’s Memorials, iv. 382.